In the weeks that followed, Eddie got steadily better, and Adam spent every day at the hospital with him. They talked, laughed, joked around, played games, ate together, and even watched TV. And then the day came when Adam asked Eddie the all-important question. The question that almost put Eddie back on the critical list.
“Eddie, how about giving it up?”
“Giving it up?”
“You know. Undercover work. There’s a million jobs at the NYPD that you could probably do. Does it have to be something so dangerous? How about a desk job?”
Eddie couldn’t believe what he was hearing, and stared at Adam for several seconds feeling the anger slowly crawling up his spine and into his brain. “You…how could you ask me a question like that?”
“Like what?”
“Don’t you get it yet, Adam? The work I do is impor
